(verb) To send (a copy of) an electronic mail message that you have received on to one or more other addressees.Most e-mail systems can be configured to do this automatically to all or certain messages, e.g. Unixsendmail looks for a ".forward" file in the recipient' s home directory.A mailing list server (or "mail exploder") is designed to forward messages automatically to lists of people.Unix manual page: aliases(5).(2000-03-22)